To read Santora, I had to request a copy through Interlibrary Loan. This 2001 novel by "Resurreción Cruz" (a pseudonym) is right up my alley. Think Laura Esquivel's Like Water for Chocolate meets Ana Castillo'sSo Far from God in the Mission District ("Dolores Heights") with more than a dash of Judy Grahn's The Queen of Swords thrown in for good measure.
This novel is a lot of fun with a lot of cool saints showing up. (Of course, I disagree with her about several, but that's half the fun.)The apparition in the Mission is the bomb, and el Diablo...he's a keeper.
I wish there were more about Diva, la FTM and a bit less on Shandra la gabacha culture-vulture. Again, that's me trying to impose my desires on somebody else's novel.
The cover art (both front and back) is true to life. The names are great fun. The curanderismo is pretty sensitive.
So buy it, order it through interlibrary loan, get it before it's gone!
This novel is a lot of fun with a lot of cool saints showing up. (Of course, I disagree with her about several, but that's half the fun.)The apparition in the Mission is the bomb, and el Diablo...he's a keeper.
I wish there were more about Diva, la FTM and a bit less on Shandra la gabacha culture-vulture. Again, that's me trying to impose my desires on somebody else's novel.
The cover art (both front and back) is true to life. The names are great fun. The curanderismo is pretty sensitive.
So buy it, order it through interlibrary loan, get it before it's gone!
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I love/hate book recommendation. I'd love to read more fiction, but have a bunch of boring non-fiction I need to do. Ah, priorities.
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